Goldrush: October 12, 2013. Charlotte vs. UNC Pembroke

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Season schedule 5 Team roster 6 Ticket request information 7 Tailgating information 8 Alma mater 9 Fight song 11 Homecoming 12 By the numbers 13 Team leaders 14 Game preview STAFF NT SPORTS EDITOR

LIBBY WEIHSMANN

NT EDITOR -IN- CHIEF

EDEN CREAMER

sports@nineronline.com

editor@nineronline.com

NT MANAGING EDITOR

DESIGN & PRODUCTION

PATRICK BOGANS

managing@nineronline.com

LINDSEY HUNT

production@uncc.edu

PHOTOGRAPHER: CHRIS CREWS MARKETING DIRECTOR: EMMANUEL LOREDO SALES: DYLAN ROBISON CIRCULATION MANAGER: PATRICK WISNIEWSKI CIRCULATION: JOSH LATON, SARA NAUMAN, TIMOTHY STARNES, NINER MEDIA ADVISER: WAYNE MAIKRANZ MARKETING ADVISER: KELLY MERGES BUSINESS MANAGER: LAURIE CUDDY GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION: PETE HURDLE OFFICE MANAGER: MARK HAIRE

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I N AUGURAL

S EAS ON

UNC CHARLOTTE FOOTBALL 2013 SAT, AUG 31

SAT, OCT 12

Campbell

UNC Pembroke (HC)

at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SAT, SEP 7

SAT, OCT 26

Chowan

Charleston Southern

at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SAT, SEP 14

North Carolina Central

at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SAT, SEP 21

James Madison at Harrisonburg, Va.

6 p.m.

SAT, SEP 28

Presbyterian at Clinton, S.C.

2 p.m.

at Charleston, S.C.

1:30 p.m.

SAT, NOV 2

Coastal Carolina at Conway, S.C.

3 p.m.

SAT, NOV 9

Wesley College at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SAT, NOV 23

Morehead State at Morehead, Ky.

1 p.m.

SAT, OCT 5

Gardner-Webb at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

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PLAYER ROSTER 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 50 51 52

Will Thomas Kariym Gent Corey Nesmith Jr. Lee McNeill Terry Caldwell Jalen Holt Matt Johnson Mark Hogan Austin Duke Mark Pettit C.J. Crawford Desmond Cooper Tank Norman Justin Bolus Joc Watkins Mikel Hunter Patrick O’Brien Martay Mattox Prince Mayela Donjore Gainey Daquan Lucas Alan Barnwell Kalif Phillips Cortezz Nixon Terrance Winchester Greg Cunningham Jr. Micah Bryan Quintin Gay Alex Petzke Damarrell Alexander Brandon Strupp Nico Alcade James Williams Jr. Nick Halmon Sam Dexter Zeb Little Ardy Holmes Jordan Abrams Caleb Clayton-Molby Tyler DeStefani Kendal Parker Devin Pearson DaQuavius Reid Mark Montini Keaston Sinicki Jarred Barr Karrington King Robert Williams Brandon Rodriguez

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54 Jordan Starnes 55 Mason Sledge 56 Fletcher O’Neil 57 Justin Bridges-Thompson 58 Dustin Crouser 59 Payton Thomson 60 Cody Brown 61 Zach Thomas 62 Hayden Pezzoni 63 Cameron Curlings 64 Thomas Frazier 65 Larry Ogunjobi 66 Joe Wolljung 67 Mitch Monska 68 Danny Book 69 Stephen Muscarello 70 Casey Perry 71 Zach Bumgarner 72 Tevin Lawshe 73 Jamal Covington 74 Thomas La Bianca 75 Eugene German 76 Daniel Blitch 77 Wolfgang Zacherl 78 Kyle Hoffman 79 Jeff Walker 80 Reggie Woods 81 Trent Bostick 82 Jason Eury 83 Emmitt Afam 84 Darius Smalls 85 Luke Sonricker 86 Blake Brewer 86 Zach Ferguson 87 EJ Rhinehart 88 Dmarjai Devine 89 Elijah Roberson 90 Peter Fields 91 Nick Carroll 92 James Middleton 93 Hayden Beck 94 Kyle Taylor 95 Devin Clegg 96 Devon Johnson 97 Tanner Fleming 97 Garrett Stuart 98 Josh Tann 99 Brandon Banks ^ Jamel Ross ^ - will miss 2013 season

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For a full game review and photo slideshow from the Charlotte 49ers home football game against UNC Pembroke on Oct. 12, visit us online after the game at

Lights Parade

Friday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Travels from east campus to Student Union

game

Enrolled students are able to receive a free ticket to each regular season home game in three easy steps.

Pep Rally

request

Ticket request is available at the Official Ticketing Site of the Charlotte 49ers about six days before the game.

claim

Students can claim the ticket 48 hours after the initial request. This time will vary depending on the number of students who request tickets for the specific game and availability of tickets.

print

Immediately after claiming the ticket, students are encouraged to print the ticket directly from the ticketing webpage.

Union Take Over

Friday, Oct. 11 immediately Friday, Oct. 11 from 9 p.m. following parade in to midnight front of Student Union

request begins/ends begins Sunday, 8 a.m. ends Tuesday, 8 a.m.

claim begins/ends begins Tuesday, 9a.m. ends Thursday, 9 a.m.

on demand

Thursday, 12 p.m.

UNC Pembroke,

Oct. 12

Wesley,

Nov. 7

Oct. 12, 2013

Nov. 9, 2013

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GAME-DAY TAILGATING EDEN CREAMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

With the launch of a new football program, the need for an official policy regarding tailgating at the university becomes necessary. As the university revved up for football, a tailgating policy was created. Below are points from the tailgating policy, available in full online.

CAMPUS ENTRANCES AND LOT INFORMATION All entrances except the main entrance and the John Kirk Road entrance will be closed five hours prior to kickoff. Game-day entrances open four hours prior to kickoff.

Parking and tailgating will be available in lots 5, 5A, 6, 7, 7A, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27 and CRI 2 and 3. Decks available for parking are Union Deck, Cone Deck 1 and 2, West Deck and CRI Deck. On-campus residents not attending the game can park in East Deck 2 and 3 or North Deck.

LOT CONTRABAND Kegs, glass containers, drinking games, devices used to accelerate the consumption of alcohol, grills in parking decks and on brick pavers, open pit fires, staked tents, household furniture and animals are prohibited.

STADIUM CONTRABAND Tobacco products, other drugs, alcohol of all kinds and weaponry are prohibited.

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HOMECOMING 2013

2013 Royal Court Miss UNC Charlotte Akeisha Moseley Anna Foster Ashley Kelly Amy Kaine Ronada Hewitt Alexandra Gentile Meinkeng Fonge

Mr. UNC Charlotte Abdullah Jose Carlo Moore Nicholas Lavid Patrick Preudhomme Ike Nwoko Jerell Collins

The 2013 Homecoming Queen Grace Wallace and Homecoming King Anthony Mendez. Photo by Chris Crews

Homecoming Princess Serena Greene Chelsea Rooks Tempestt Swinson

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194.4 4.6 251.0 11.4 445.4 5.8 21.7 19 32.8 12

rushing average per game rushing average per rush passing average per game passing average per catch total offense yards per game total offense yards per play average kick return

forced turnovers

average points per game

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MATT JOHNSON

passing | 1,240 yards, 11 touchdowns

ALAN BARNWELL

MARTAY MATTOX tackles | 40 tackles

TERRY CALDWELL

tackles for loss | 7.5 tackles for loss

rushing | 285 yards, 2 touchdowns

KALIF PHILLIPS

rushing | 289 yards, 3 touchdowns

DEVON JOHNSON qb sacks | 2 sacks

LARRY OGUNJOBI AUSTIN DUKE

qb hurries | 3 hurries

receiving | 291 yards, 4 touchdowns

TRENT BOSTICK

receiving | 287 yards, 3 touchdowns

AUSTIN DUKE

touchdowns | 4 touchdowns

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TERRY CALDWELL CALEB CLAYTON-MOLBY DEVON JOHNSON fumble recoveries | 3 each

MARK HOGAN TERRANCE WINCHESTER interceptions | 2 each

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GAME BREAKDOWN MATT CHAPMAN

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The Charlotte 49ers will host the UNC Pembroke Braves at Jerry Richardson Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 12 in the first-ever homecoming football game in school history.

The 49ers have been essentially an all or nothing team so far throughout their inaugural season. They've recorded three blowout victories over the Campbell Camels (52-7), Chowan Hawks (47-7) and the Presbyterian Blue Hose (45-21). On the other end of the spectrum, Charlotte has been handed two crushing losses at the hands of the North Carolina Central Eagles (40-13) and the James Madison Dukes (34-7).

UNC Pembroke will come in to the game nationally ranked at the division-two level and deservedly so as they enter undefeated with four wins over the Winston-Salem State Rams (25-21), Fayetteville State Broncos (38-24), Shaw Bears (41-20) and Wingate Bulldogs (3810).

The 49ers have been a blur on the offensive side of the ball thus far this season as they average about 77 plays per game with the up-tempo system implemented by offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen. Charlotte has piled up some impressive numbers with the ball in their possession as they average 445.4 yards per game and put up an average of 32.8 points per contest.

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The Achilles heel for the 49ers offense this season, especially in their losses, has been their struggles with turning the ball over. Charlotte ranks 114th out of 122 FCS football teams as they've turned the ball over 14 times this season, including seven fumbles to go along with seven interceptions.

49ers redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Johnson, much like the rest of the team, has lacked consistency. When Charlotte wins Johnson puts up jaw-dropping statistics and when they lose he looks like what you'd expect out of a redshirt freshman quarterback playing in his first collegiate season. Johnson has thrown for 1,24o yards while tossing 11 touchdown passes to go along with seven interceptions while completing 65.6 percent of his passing attempts.

Johnson has a plethora of weapons at the wide receiver position including slot receiver Austin Duke, and their two starters on the outside; true freshman Trent Bostick and Air Force transfer Mikel Hunter. Redshirt freshman Duke leads the 49ers receivers in almost every statistical category as he has pulled in 26 catches for 291 yards including four touchdown grabs.

The Charlotte running game has proven to be difficult for opponents to stop throughout

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the 2013 season as they feature the two-headed monster attack of redshirt freshman Alan Barnwell and true freshman Kalif Phillips.

Barnwell has received more touches this year carrying the ball 61 times for 285 yards and two touchdowns but Phillips isn't far behind with 55 carries for 280 yards and three scoring runs.

The Braves defense will surely have a tough time stopping this high-powered 49ers offensive attack but they just may be up to the challenge. UNC Pembroke has been stout on the defensive side of the ball this season allowing just 18.8 points per game and 319 yards per contest. The Braves have forced nine turnovers on the season, three fumbles and six interceptions, which will definitely be something to watch given the aforementioned Charlotte turnover issues.

UNC Pembroke has been led defensively by senior linebacker Fred Williams and junior defensive back LJ Stroman. Williams leads the Braves with 29 total tackles and has also recorded two sacks and forced one fumble on the season. Stroman ranks second on the team in tackles with 25 and also has a team-high two interceptions so far in 2013.

As impressive as the 49ers have been on offense, the Braves are equally as good if not more so. UNC Pembroke has averaged an astounding 35.5 points per game this season while racking up 418.2 yards of offense per contest. The Braves do it with both their passing and rushing attacks as they average 293.5 yards through the air and 124.8 on the ground per game.

The leader for UNC Pembroke offensively is their senior quarterback Luke Charles. Charles has passed for a total of 1,154 yards this season to go along with 11 touchdown passes and just four interceptions while completing 64.6 percent of his passes. Charles' most impressive game this season came against Fayetteville State when he threw for 401 yards to go along with three touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Charles' favorite target at wide receiver this

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season has been fellow senior Te'vell Williams who has brought down 27 receptions for 283 yards and two touchdown catches. Charles' go-to man in the redzone early on this year has been 6'3 sophomore standout John Rich who only has 13 catches on the season but he leads all receivers with six touchdown catches through just four games.

Much like the 49ers, the Braves also have a double-threat attack at the running back position. Sophomore Tamari White and senior Elliott Powell have split the carries almost evenly this year. Despite those two getting the majority of the carries, the best back for UNC Pembroke this season has been freshman standout Rontonio Stanley. Though Stanley has only carried the ball 16 times this season he's rushed for 170 yards which averages out to a ridiculous 10.6 yards per carry.

It will surely be interesting to watch how the Braves explosive offense fairs against an extremely opportunistic 49ers squad on the defensive side of the ball. Charlotte leads all FCS teams in the country as they've forced a total of 19 turnovers so far this season, including ten fumbles and nine interceptions.

The 49ers have been led on defense this season by three standout players; former South Carolina Gamecock Martay Mattox, redshirt freshman linebacker Terry Caldwell and former Georgia State star linebacker Mark Hogan.

Mattox leads Charlotte with 40 total tackles thus far this season. Caldwell ranks second on the team in tackles with 35 and leads the defense with an astounding 7.5 tackles for a loss of yardage. Hogan, who is the all-time leader in tackles at Georgia State, ranks third amongst 49ers with 28 total tackles and also is tied for the team-high in interceptions as he's picked off two passes already this year.

The Braves should expect an electric environment when they enter Jerry Richardson Stadium on Oct. 12 as both 49ers fans and players will most definitely be hungry for a big win in their first-ever homecoming game in program history.

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